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Title: Repair of plastic tank
Post by: pirie593 on January 04, 2010, 02:27:12 pm

Has any-one had recent experience with repairing a plastic tank.  I have 22l Acerbis tank that I fit to my XR400 for long treks up north and plan on doing a week-long trip around Lake Gairdner in March.  The tank has a small crack at one of the anchorage points and fuel weeps out.  The repair only has to do this trip before I retire the old beast.

Title: Re: Repair of plastic tank
Post by: EML on January 04, 2010, 03:25:29 pm

Hi Pirie, you can hot solder iron the gap shut, just heat up the iron and then run it around the crack to melt the surrounding plastic into the leaking area.
A mate has the proper gun and sticks for this but that's here in Brisvegas.
You can maybe use a zip tie of the same colour as a filler rod.
Happy trails.

Title: Re: Repair of plastic tank
Post by: pirie593 on January 08, 2010, 04:08:21 pm

Thanks EML.  With 41C forecast for both days over the weekend, I will just leave the tank on the bench.  It should just melt naturally  :o  :o